Sasha choked on her food, then remembered her brothers were both watching her and regained her uninterested aura. She raised an eyebrow.

"Drew? Do I know her?" She asked, and Ryan rolled her eyes.

"The daughter of Aphrodite from yesterday?"

Sasha nodded, acting as if it had just dawned on her. "Ohhhh. Ew, why her?" She asked, and Percy rolled his eyes. She raised an eyebrow at him.

"What?" She asked, and Ryan shook his head.

"Nothing."

Sasha was a killing machine at sword fighting after lunch, and Ryan and Percy stood aside gaping at her as she decapitated dummy after dummy to nothing but piles of limbs scattered across the training grounds. She was mostly frustrated at Nico, that being the reason her ADHD was going into overdrive, but she realized the adrenaline didn't last and quickly grew exhausted. Even with one broken arm she had managed to out-fight Ryan, but she was no match for Percy. The guy was impossible to beat. In no time the conch sounded, signalizing it was time to play capture the flag. Percy had already explained to them how the game worked over lunch, telling them their cabin was teamed up with Athena (shocker), Dionysus, Apollo, Hephaestus, Demeter, and several of the other minor god cabins. 'Funny how Aphrodite and Hades are together' Sasha'd thought bitterly. Now as they made their way to the woods, she was a bit nervous. Percy said no one was allowed to purposely hurt other campers, but there were usually accidents. They were given armor (which was especially hard to put on, thanks to her cast) and told their positions and jobs in the game. Sasha and Ryan would stick together with a bunch of other campers defending their flag. Annabeth had placed their flag by a safe house in the woods everyone referred to as 'bunker 9'. Jonathan and some of his siblings climbed up into nearby trees to help defend their base while the rest of his cabin mates went along with Annabeth, Percy, and Leo to work as offense. Before leaving with the others, Leo handed Sasha and Ryan each a little clay vase with a fabric lid over it. He smiled suspiciously and winked.
"Water bombs" he said, motioning to the jars. He smiled and raced out of view, yelling "Happy Hunger Games & may the odds be ever in your favor!" as he disappeared into the woods.
Ryan turned to his sister and shrugged. "Leo is seriously ADHD."
Sasha laughed. "Aren't we all?"
Ryan raised an eyebrow. "You know what's weird? You don't have dyslexia, but just about every other demigod does."
Sasha smiled. "Cool."
Ryan rolled his eyes and opened his mouth, about to protest, when something rustled in the thicket. Sasha's eyes widened and she tightened her grip on the sword she'd been given. She felt Ryan's back press against hers and realized he was also wielding his weapon and expected them to fight back to back. Awkwardly, her eyes skimmed the bushes until she saw something move slightly off to her left out of the corner of her eye. Looking at it more closely, she realized that patch of greenery was darker than the other parts of the woods. In a moment she realized what was going on and jumped to stand in front of the flag as the moving shadow stopped abruptly, a mere foot away from me. Ryan stared at me.
"Sasha, what are you doing? You do realize something could pop out at any moment and you decided to go hopping around like some rabid bunny?"
Sasha rolled her eyes and lifted her arm so her sword was pointing at the shadow ahead of her. "Ryan, say hi to Nico."
Nico muttered and abandoned his shadowy cover, glaring at Sasha.
"I was about to win you know." He said, and Sasha rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, well, you didn't," Just then the conch sounded, signaling the end of the games, and Annabeth came running into the clearing, carrying a black flag. Her hair bounced as she raced to their home, Percy fending off the following Ares campers. Sasha turned to smile at Nico. "and it seems like we did."

Sasha found ignoring Nico slightly enjoyable. She was oddly pleased to catch Nico, an arm around Drew, glaring at Sasha and Jonathan as they laughed and joked. Eventually Annabeth made her way to Sasha, Jonathan, Leo, and Ryan, where they were joking and laughing and celebrating victory, and told them that later she and Percy and a bunch of other demigods were heading down to the beach to watch the sunset and swim at night. They all agreed to meet them there, and with a final smile in their direction, Annabeth was lost in the crowd of chattering demigods. Eventually Jonathan was dragged away by some of his siblings, swearing he'd meet them at the beach later, and then Ryan left with some of Aphrodite's daughters, leaving Leo and Sasha. He smiled at her in that crooked way he did whenever he was up to something.
"What?" Sasha asked.
"Did you like the water bomb?"
"I, ah, didn't get the chance to use it." Sasha said, afraid to offend Leo. But it was the truth—she hadn't purposely not used it, she really hadn't had any need for it during the game. His eyes sparkled, and he held out his hand for the little clay bomb he'd given her. She shrugged and pulled it out of her pocket, handing it to him. He smiled, examining it.
"You're a daughter of Poseidon, so if you're anything like Percy, you can control water. And so what this is, I've stored gallon upon gallon inside the jar, so when you break it open, salt water will come rushing out. In an emergency, it should be pretty useful."
He handed the little clay creation back to Sasha and she smiled.
"Thanks."
"I've been working on a newer model, though. It's made of metal and holds more water, and you press a button to activate it, so if you accidentally drop it it doesn't flood wherever you are in water but only if you press it will it activate."
Sasha raised an eyebrow, her smile remaining "Why are you going through all the work?"
He shrugged. "It's something to do."
Sasha nodded. "Thanks."
In that moment, Ryan walked back over, his arm around a girl with bouncy chestnut curls and deep blue eyes. She had a childish face and was wearing a blue cold shoulder shirt the brought out the color of her eyes with a simple brown skirt. Daughter of Aphrodite, Sasha assumed immediately.
"Leo, Sasha, meet Charlotte. She's a daughter of Aphrodite."
Sasha, not knowing what else to do, smiled. "Nice to meet you." She said through her teeth, trying to hide the fact that now, all the children of Aphrodite she met just made her want to punch them in the face. Of course, that had nothing to do with Drew and Nico. Nothing at all.
Leo raised an eyebrow. "We've met before" he said, winking at Charlotte, and she rolled her eyes.
"Yes, unfortunately, we have."
Leo laughed and Charlotte rolled her eyes. Instantly Sasha knew that even if she hadn't been Drew's sister she still wouldn't have liked this girl. Sasha grabbed Leo's hand in her own.
"Well, you must be right. It must have been an unfortunate encounter for Leo. If you'll excuse me, I need to go." She said, turning her back to her brother and Charlotte and dragging Leo along with her. She also caught Nico glaring in their direction, his face a satisfactory shade of scarlet, and she smiled inwardly, dragging Leo along with her towards the cabins.
"Ugh I hate Aphrodite's kids" Sasha said to Leo, and he laughed.
"All of them?"
"All of them."
"You know my best friend's a daughter of Aphrodite, right?"
Sasha rolled her eyes. "If she's not that Piper girl, you have a bad choice of friends."
"You're my friend."
"My point exactly."
He laughed. "It is Piper. All those other girls are a pain."
Sasha, besides herself, smiled. "Right?"
He raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "Why does something tell me you hate them for a reason?"
She set her jaw, turning to look away from him. "That something is wrong."
"You're mad because your brother is all stupidly attracted to all of them, aren't you?"
Sasha, seeing her way out, pretended to sigh out of exasperation. "Whatever." She said, "I'm getting ready to go to the beach. I'll meet you later." She said, rushing up the two steps to her cabin before Leo could protest. Closing the door of what had become known as 'home' to her in such a short amount of time, she sighed, letting out all her anger, and grief, and frustration. She let her back fall back against the wall and slid down until she was sitting on the ground, clutching her legs to her chest, her back against the cool wood door, which sent shivers up her skin. She took a deep breath, then clenched her fists, steeling herself from the emotions that were threatening to overpower. She stood up and calmly walked over to her bed, staring at it with a blank expression momentarily before kicking it with all her might. She yelped and withdrew her foot, throbbing with pain. Rolling her eyes at herself, she shoved the image of Nico's face out of her mind and dressed to go to the beach.

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A.N: Okay, so i realized that in the previous chapters, I hadnt really expressed much of how I wanted Sasha's feelings towards Nico to gradually grow. So in this chapter I thought I might somewhat make up for it. Enjoy! xD